Armed police were called to a Tyneside home after a woman barricaded herself in.

Negotiators were called to Rudyerd Street in North Shields at 2.30am yesterday and spent an hour and a half talking the woman, who threatened to cut herself with a knife.

The street was cordoned off at 4am. Police entered the property and took the woman to hospital suffering minor cuts.

Chief Inspector Steve Neill of North Tyneside Area Command said: "We were called to the scene after we became concerned for the safety of a woman who was carrying a large knife. The woman was led to safety."